Claims
- 1. A method for interactive classification of objects, comprising:
receiving an instruction to place a new object in a workspace; determining a similarity of the new object to at least one of an existing object, a cluster, and a category; and providing a visual indication of at least one similar element existing in both the new object and the at least one existing object, cluster, and category.
- 2. The method of claim 1, wherein providing the visual indication of the at least one similar element further indicates a degree to which the new objects and the at least one existing object, cluster, and category are similar.
- 3. The method of claim 1, further comprising:
determining a degree of similarity of the new object to the at least one existing object, cluster and category; and determining a threshold degree of similarity; wherein providing the visual indication is only for existing objects, clusters or categories having a degree of similarity above the threshold.
- 4. The method of claim 1, wherein the similarity of the new object is determined by a similarity metric.
- 5. The method of claim 4, further comprising transiently displaying the similarity metric.
- 6. The method of claim 1, wherein determining the similarity comprises computing a weight using a term frequency times inverse document frequency computation.
- 7. The method of claim 1, further comprising providing an indication of a possible place for placement of the new object.
- 8. The method of claim 1, further comprising providing a user with a shortcut operation for classifying the object.
- 9. The method of claim 1, further comprising determining at least one of a cluster and a group of objects.
- 10. The method of claim 1, further comprising providing a view of a workspace that includes the at least one of an object or a cluster having the similarity.
- 11. The method of claim 10, wherein providing the view includes at least one of scrolling, panning, and zooming.
- 12. An interactive classification system, comprising:
a new object detection circuit that receives an instruction to place a new object in a workspace; a similarity determination circuit that determines a similarity of the new object to at least one of an existing object, cluster, and category; and a similarity representation circuit that provides a visual indication of at least one similar element existing in both the new object and the at least one existing object, cluster, and category.
- 13. The system of claim 12, wherein the visual indication of the at least one similar element further indicates a degree to which the new objects and the at least one existing object, cluster, and category are similar.
- 14. The system of claim 12, wherein the similarity determination circuit determines a degree of similarity and a threshold degree of similarity, and wherein the visual indication is provided only for existing objects having the degree of similarity above the threshold.
- 15. The system of claim 12, wherein the similarity determination circuit determines a similarity metric, and the similarity of the new object is determined by the similarity metric.
- 16. The system of claim 15, wherein the similarity representation circuit transiently displays the similarity metric.
- 17. The system of claim 12, wherein the similarity determination circuit determines the similarity by computing a weight using a term frequency times inverse document frequency computation.
- 18. The system of claim 12, further comprising a placement assisting circuit that provides an indication of a possible place for placement of the new object.
- 19. The system of claim 12, further comprising a placement assisting circuit that provides a user with a shortcut operation that instructs to classify the object.
- 20. The system of claim 12, further comprising a cluster determining circuit that determines at least one of a cluster and a group of objects.
- 21. The system of claim 12, wherein a visual effect circuit provides a view of a workspace that includes the at least one object or cluster having the similarity.
- 22. The system of claim 21, wherein the view of the workspace is provided by at least one of scrolling, panning, and zooming.
RELATED APPLICATIONS
[0001] This non-provisional application claims the benefit of U.S. Provisional Application No. 60/357,850, entitled “Zooming Interfaces For Sensemaking, Visualization, and Navigation” which was filed on Feb. 21, 2002, and is hereby incorporated by reference in its entirety.
[0002] The following related U.S. patent applications are hereby incorporated herein by reference in their entirety:
[0003] U.S. patent application Ser. No. ______, Docket No. D/A1311, entitled “System and Method for Interaction of Graphical Objects on a Computer Controlled System”;
[0004] U.S. patent application Ser. No. ______, Docket No. D/A1311Q, entitled “System and Method for Moving Graphical Objects on a Computer Controlled System”;
[0005] U.S. patent application Ser. No. ______, Docket No. D/A1687, Attorney Docket No. 111743, entitled “Method and System for Incrementally Changing Text Representation”;
[0006] U.S. patent application Ser. No. ______, Docket No. D/A1687Q, Attorney Docket No. 115122, entitled “Method and System for Incrementally Changing Text Representation”;
[0007] U.S. patent application Ser. No. ______, Docket No. D/A1309, Attorney Docket No. 112463, entitled “Methods and Systems for Navigating a Workspace”; and
[0008] U.S. patent application Ser. No. ______, Docket No. D/A1310, Attorney Docket No.112467, entitled “Methods and Systems for Indicating Invisible Contents of Workspace”.
Provisional Applications (1)
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60357850 |
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